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Himantopteridae

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The Himantopteridae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. The family is alternatively included in the family Anomoeotidae as a synonym.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyHimantopteridae
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Himantopteridae
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The Himantopteridae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea. The family is alternatively included in the family Anomoeotidae as a synonym.

==Distribution and habitat== This moth occurs in Africa and tropical Asia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Himantopteridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.